Journal dresser



July 27, 1948. w. RUBYv Y 2,446,026 JoURNAL DREssER Filed Feb. 8, 1946 2 Sheets-sheet 1 @L1-faul;

RTTYS July 27,1948. w. RUBY l 2,446,025

. JOURNAL DRESSER Filed Feb. 8, 194e g shets-sheet'z j an J2 INVENTOR. wm Ruby MLM Patented July 27, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE y y 2,446,026 JOURNAL mmssn' William Ruby, Fresno, Calif. Application February s, 1946,seria1N0. 646,413

This invention relates in general to` repair equipment for railroad cars.

The invention is directed in particular to, and it is an object to provide, a wheelt-ruck journal dresser of a design adapted to be used on the road for the purpose of accomplishing temporary re-` pair of a scored journal whereby the railroad car can be run a suflicient distance to reach a repair depot for attention. In this manner replacement of wheel trucks onthe road, which is costly and diilicult, can be avoided. Another object of the invention is to provide a wheel tru-ck journal dresser which is light weight, compact in design, and easy to position on a journal to dress down the same; the device being arranged so that `it may be manually or power actuated. t

"A further object of the invention is to provide ajournal dresser which comprises aldriven disc adapted to :'be disposed concentrically at the end of a journal, spring ngers projecting from the periphery of the disc in overhanging relation to the journal, arcuate dresser shoes lmounted on said fingers and matchingly engaging the journal.

A further object of the invention is to produce a practical journal dresser, androne which will be exceedingly elective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specication and claims. Y

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, mainly in'section, of the device as in use on a rail-road wheel truck journal.

Fig. 2 is an end View of the device, with the crank handle detached.

' Fig. 3 is an end View of one of the dresser shoes, detached, but having the corresponding supporting finger engaged therewith.

I Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a back view oi one of the dresser shoes, detached, showing the manner of attachment of the emery cloth thereto.

Fig. 6 'is a perspective view of a modied form of dresser shoe, detached.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the device comprises a circular supporting disc I adapted to be disposed at the outer end of a wheel-truck journal J `which is scored, and which` `must be dressed before the journal box can be re-brassed and the railroad car used. The disc is formed with a central opening 2 to aline with the usual 5 Claims. (Gis1-187) 2 tapered centering socket 3 or seat inthe journal; the disc having an outwardly projecting non-circular socketl symmetrically disposed relative to opening 2. i l

At circumferentially spaced pointsthe disc I islflttedyon the outside, with radially extending linger attachment units, each/of lwhich is indicated generally at 5. Inthe present embodiment there are `four of these` finger attachment units disposedQO degrees apart. Each of the linger attachment units 5 comprises a radial, outwardly opening channel 6 xed on the disc I and having a linger attachment base 'I hinged thereinadjaf cent its'outer end, byrapivot pin 8 for radial swinging movement. -An adjustment screw 9 is threaded through each base I adjacent itsinner end and bears against the bottom of the channel 6, whereby said base may be adjusted about the pivot pin 8. i

Normally only a pair of opposed ones of the linger attaching units 5 are used, and which is as follows: l AA pair of at spring lngersl extend in overhanging relation to the journal Jon opposite sides thereof but parallel to the journal axis; said spring `lingers extending across the disc I, and having radially inwardly offset portions II therein, whereby the inner ends of said ngersaredis- -posed in `adjacent but spaced relation to the surface of said journal. Y y

At their outer ends the pair of flat` spring lingers I0 are formed with inturned attachment tongues I2 slotted lengthwise, as at I3, with said slots open to the inner ends of such lingers.

The slotted attachment tongues I2 each Vextendbetween a locking plate I4 and the adjacent base l of the corresponding finger attachment unit 5, said tongue straddlingholding screws I5 which securethe locking plate I4 to the `base 1. By tightening the holding screws I5 the `adjacent attachment tongue I2 is positively clamped between thelocking plate I4 and the base 1.

On opposite sides of the journal and inwardly of the flat spring fingers I0 the device comprises a pair of transversely arcuatedresser shoes I6, which dresser shoes are of a. length substantially equal to the length of the journal, and said shoes are each faced on the concave side thereof with a sheet of ernery cloth I1. Each dresser shoe I5 is fitted, on the back, with a central, attachment head i8 which is slotted lengthwise of the shoe, as at I9, for. the sliding reception, in said slot, -of the inner end portion of the corresponding nat spring llinger I0. i i

`Tie wires 2G extend through transverse eyes 2 I at. the :ends oieaeh attachment head I8, and

` said wires diverge and connect, at their ends,

tively forcefully urge said dresser shoes radialln,

inwardly.

The disc is then rotated about journal Jbymeans of a spindle 22 which projects through,

opening 2 and has a tapered point 23 to t socket 3 and an axially adjustable head; 24.1. henashowrt as a pair of lock nuts) to engage socket.

lowing is claimed as new and useful and upon 'which Letters Patent are desired:

1. A journal dresser comprising a supporting disc adapted to be disposed in concentric relation at the end of a journal for rotation about the axis thereof, a plurality of dresser shoes each having a working face, said dresser shoes being -adaptedl to,` engage the journalin circumferentially, spasmi relation, a spring finger Iconnected at one end to each dresser shoe and extending lengthwise of the journal in overhanging relation to the disc, inturned attachment tongues on the adjacent ends of the fingers, radially extending hasen members on the outside of the discv adjaycent the` tongues, said base members being pivca -tesi adiagentthein: outer ends on the disc for reason for the head 24. being adjustable .along the spindle, while being rigid therewith, is so that-point 23l will` engage theV bottom. of socket 3 irrespectiveof thedepth of the latter., and-.Which dpth is-A aptto vary. Spindle 2f2 is here show-n as being part |of a hand crank 25. Rotation of the dise causes the dresser` shoes lli to smooth the journal sufficiently to remove. substantially all had3 scoring, sharp cuts, scum, etc; With. this devibefthe journal can be dressedl dofwn enough to perm-itre-i'arassing-y of the journal: and? running of the car, with the journal cool, to a depotfor complete.- and permanent repairs. interidedf only for use connection with theztenrporaryrepair of journals on theroad, and which repair can only be4 made after-.thev bad journal has been exposed` by jacking upthe adjacent portion of the railroadz car; This, however; is. a relatively easy task asA compared with replacement of' an entire wheel truck, which has here tofore been necessary when a journal failed when thecar was inl transit.

In instances where the journal is'` particularly badly scored or damaged, such journal islrst dressedl by a pluralityof file-faced dresser shoes `2,6; one of whichi's shown in Fig. 6; Eachof such shoes.. is of substantially the sameV configuration as the dresser shoes |16, but isof lesser arcuate extent, and is formed ontheI face as aV il'le 21'. Each shoe 26- includes a central attachment head 2`&'s'1otted-, as at 29, forthe reception ofy thespring .angers lo.,

` NW-hen the file shoes 26 are used,V itis preferable ;j,

that four be employed, in which instance there are four spring fingers lwhich engage inthe four fin-ger' attachment uni-ts 5 mounted on the supporting disc I After the journal has been dressedlwit-h the file shoes 26 they are removed, and thereafterthe dressing operation is finished, with the. dresser shoes IQ, which include` the emery. cloth l1., on the working faces thereof.

While the device has here been described as rotatedbya a hand crankit is obvious. that powerrotation of such. device may be employed ifI desired, as by means of an electric or cornpressed-air motor.

Fijorn the foregoing description itwill be. readily seen that there has been produced such a device as substantially fulhlls the objects of the invention as setv forth herein. v v

The dei/.ice is p- `While this specification sets forth indetail the present and preferred lconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not.y form a departure from. vliesniri 0f the invention, as dned by the annendealaims Having thus described the invention, the folswingingjrelative thereto in radial planes, means attaching the tongues, to corresponding base members, adjustment screws threaded through the: base. members inwardly of; their` pi'ifotsjand bearing against the dise, andi, means` to; rotate the latten 2*: Ajournak dresser' as in;r claim lziniwhiclr the tonguoj attachingv means on eachi base; comprises ai'locking.; plate facing the base, and;A holding screws, extending between; the locking plate and "base, each tongue being slotted'. and frictionailly engagingbetween the corresponding locking plate base in straddling relation tov the; holding screws thereon.

- 3; A journal dresser comprising a supporting disc, a plurality of dresser shoes, each shoahawe inglazwoilcinginner faceV and an attachment head on its outerA face, such head being provided with a, substantially rectangular slot therethrough, a plurality of flat spring ngers mountedfon the dise and extendingV in substantialparallelism with the central axis of such disc, each :linger pro.n .ieGtin-g.- throughl the slot one essais ment headsn. sliding relation therein. o, A journal. dresser comprising. a. supporting a dressenshoe a ringer on the shoe, the finger-.having a longitudinally slotted'z eindextending at substantially right angles theretda support on thet disc, such, end: being positioned in; the supnortf, and. set screws thread-ed: into, the siipnort,l and projecting through. the slot the end whereby the nger may be. adjusted.v and set at different' distances; radially outward; of the eeninal.axisofv the disc.

5. Afjournalf dresser comprising av 'supporting disc, a dresser shoe supported from the dis-c, such shoe having an inner 'working face and anattachment head; on its. outerA face the attachment hea-d having a transversely disposed eye. at' each end, a tie wire disposed in each eye, said. wdres having divergent ends, and. means. at; each end of each wire for attachment;v` to, abrasive.maite.-` rial about the working face. of the shoe.

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